Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780819571380
Pub Date: 04 Apr 2011
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Illustrations: 52 illus.
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780819573643
Pub Date: 01 Oct 2012
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Illustrations: 52 illus.
Description:
Connecticut in the American Civil War offers readers a remarkable window into the state's involvement in a conflict that challenged and defined the unity of a nation. The arc of the war is traced through the many facets and stories of battlefield, home front, and factory. Matthew Warshauer masterfully reveals the varied attitudes toward slavery and race before, during, and after the war; Connecticut's reaction to the firing on Fort Sumter; the dissent in the state over whether or not the sword and musket should be raised against the South; the raising of troops; the sacrifice of those who served on the front and at home; and the need for closure after the war.